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Man, the media really wants to pump up these fueds. It was just a retaliation pitch. been happening for over 100 years. relax.

Are American sports fans this pathetic? Are our attention spans this poor? Have we truly lost our love for the game of baseball? Sports writers and sports pages, websites would make us think so with the now-daily stories, columns, and "Truth&Rumors" about brawls, impending brawls, and why brawls may occur when baseball teams take the field. Fans and sportswriters are equally at blame. We're all forgetting to focus on balls and strikes because unrestrained violence interests us more. How about some news about actual baseball activity?

Well said ECK

Thanks Troy McClure. I'm sure I'll be getting abused as well by some others here soon about my comments. But it's good to see at least one other human agrees. Play Ball!

I'm reading about more possible brawls in baseball each day.
Must be another way for Bud Selig to deflect attention away from the 'roids issue.
Let's have a bunch of baseball brawls, and the fans will forget about Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, et al......that's the ticket!

Every team should dislike every other team. they should all play hard all the time.

If he throws at his head, then you could make an argument that it was intentional.You have to throw inside to keep the hitters off the plate.

Hafner wears that elbow guard for a reason. He does stand tight to the plate. The pitcher was most likely just coming inside. Why would any pitcher who is winning by 4 runs and 2 outs intentionally put a runner on? Also, why would he seem to feel a need to retaliate when Haf only hit a 2 run shot to win the day before. Seems to me that the GS walk off by Hunter would have brought a retaliation before this. Just the media trying to start crap again.

ECK...what you say is good but it isn't the fans. It's the media. They think with the paparazzi and hollywood and all that brings in ratings so now they are trying to bring the same sensationalism into MLB which isn't needed.

my guess is that the media doesn't read T&R b/c they'd quickly realize that no one cares for these stories.

chicks dig the long ball, but I don't think they dig the brawl.

I'd love to see the Indians take some bats and pound down on the Angels players in a brawl. Kick fat Vlad's butt.

These spoiled little babies who complain about getting a brushback would never have survived pitchers like Nolan Ryan or Bob Gibson.

I think I'm missing something. Are people speculating that Speier plunked Hafner in retaliation for Hafner's homerun?

Yes Slinky, that is what this sports writer is implying, that he hit him for the game winning homerun the day before. Notice where the article came from? LA? Just trying to start crap.

Hell, I say let C.C. Sabathia and Mike Sciosa put it all on the line in a sumo death match.

Hafner crowds the plate.....those close pitches happen all the time to him and rightfully so....so much in fact, he wears an elbow guard.

Before every start Nolan Ryan used walk to the base line in front of the opposition dugout, reach down grab a fist full of dirt and give the other team a hard stare. What he was telling them was if you bunt on me I'm going to drill you. David Ortiz straps on 37 pieces of armor hovers over home plate and when pitcher hits him they get fined, suspended and loose a start. Different era's...personally I'd like to see a little more chin music and let the players take care of it themselves.

Tribe and Eyeswide shut:

I totally agree......well put.

Graham, that's what makes hockey such a great sport. The players police themselves.